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Durham Law School raising awareness of global Sustainable Development Goals
Durham Law School is continuing its mission to raise awareness of global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by welcoming Justice Brian Preston, the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, as a visiting professor.
Explore your part in helping to deliver Net Zero
Businesses and voluntary community sector organisations from across County Durham are invited to come together and learn from one another to help the county achieve its ambitious carbon neutrality target by 2045 at a free event on Friday 14 October.
Tutor for Ukraine
Durham student Alexandra Hart is leading a growing network of volunteer tutors supporting Ukrainian children with English language learning.
Can you help record the UK’s mammal activity?
If you’re interested in conservation and ecology, our MammalWeb project needs your help to chart the activity of the UK’s mammals.
Careers and Enterprise Centre launch new series of Careers Weeks
As students return to start the new academic year, our Careers and Enterprise Centre is already looking ahead to helping them into careers after graduation, planning a series of information events and activities over the coming months.
The Durham Student shows the real Durham
If you’re thinking about applying to study Durham, who better to tell you what it’s all about than students who are already here? A brand new team of student content creators is sharing exciting insights into what it’s really like to live and study in Durham.
Teesside and Durham Universities embark on £11million project to support hydrogen innovation in the Tees Valley
We are collaborating with Teesside University on a ground-breaking project to accelerate decarbonisation and the use of hydrogen through supporting industrial research and development and capacity building in the Tees Valley.
Supercomputer simulations reveal new possibilities for the Moon's origin
Our pioneering scientists from the Institute for Computational Cosmology used supercomputer simulations to reveal an alternate explanation for the Moon’s origin, as a satellite placed immediately into orbit following a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized body.
The Greenspace Movement – 2022 Green Gown Awards Finalists
The Greenspace Movement has been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2022 Green Gown Awards in Student Engagement Category. The results will be announced at the awards ceremony on 9 November 2022 at Loughborough University.
Gold Award win for Botanic Garden
Durham University’s Botanic Garden has been awarded a Gold Medal in the ‘Tourist, Visitor Attraction and Country Estate’ category at this year’s Northumbria In Bloom Awards.
Durham University’s research partnerships driving knowledge exchange
We have once again performed strongly in the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF).
Now in its second year, the results from KEF showcase our strengths in research partnerships, commercialising research, local growth and regeneration and working with business, public and third sector organisations.
Two Exciting New Exhibitions at the Oriental Museum
The Oriental Museum launches two exciting, new exhibitions this month, both will run from 1 October to May 2023.